TechWhirl Sponsors

About TechWhirl

TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.

For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.

quote tags

What a good way to show who said what in quotations, Eric (putting the original author's name on each line). If all quoters did this, the occasional misunderstanding of who said what in a long thread would disappear. To apply this method to a quote of a quote:

Eric>On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Bonnie Granat wrote:

Eric>Bonnie>Part of me is afraid that this effort will be as demoralizing as my efforts
Eric>Bonnie>to learn C and C++. I would still like to learn them, but as a student in
Eric>Bonnie>the late Nineties, I found that every single book and every single class I
Eric>Bonnie>took simply did not explain it. [...]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
PC Magazine gives RoboHelp Office 2002 five stars - a perfect score!
"The ultimate developer's tool for designing help systems. A product
no professional help designer should be without." Check out RoboHelp athttp://www.ehelp.com/techwr